> > let my harddrive spindown after let's say 5 minutes ...
> >
> > If i give commands with hdparm, its result is always like this :
> > HDIO_DRIVE_CMD(setidle1) failed: Invalid argument
>
> I think, it is what you currently get now for most commands to SATA

disks

> or even to (P)ATA disks handled by libata. I just don't remember

what was

> the solution for this. Perhaps, there is another tool to talk to

those.

> Maybe a tool that's used for SCSI discs. Try to google for SATA

hdparm or

> similar...
>
> Regards
> Guennadi
> ---
> Guennadi Liakhovetski
>

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